Michael Saward (political theorist) explained

Michael Saward
Birth Date:1960 9, df=yes
Nationality:Australian
Workplaces:Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance Open University
Alma Mater:University of Essex
Thesis Title:Co-option and legitimacy: the varieties and consequences of formal incorporation
Thesis Url:http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19288153
Thesis Year:1980

Michael Saward (born 1 September 1960),[1] is an Australian[2] and British professor of politics and international studies at the University of Warwick,[3] He was formerly Reader in Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London, and Professor and Head of Department in politics and international studies at the Open University.

He was a Leverhulme Major Research Fellow, 2016–19, is a member of the Sydney Democracy Network[4] and was Director of the Midlands Graduate School, 2013-16.

Education

Michael Saward gained his doctorate from the University of Essex in 1989.

Research

His research focuses on the way key political ideas change over time, and how they are worked out in practice. Contemporary ideas of democracy is also a subject which he has written about extensively.

Career

Before joining as a reader in 2000 Open University, Saward worked at the Royal Holloway, University of London.[5]

In 2006 the Open University made him director of the Citizenship Strand in the Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG). His inaugural speech, on the theme of what it means to 'do' political representation theory, took place on 4 July 2006 at the Berrill Lecture Theatre, at the Open University.[6]

Selected works

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Saward, Michael, 1960–. Library of Congress. 8 July 2014. Co-optive politics and state legitimacy, 1991: CIP t.p. (Michael Saward, Royal Holloway and Bedford New Col., U. of London) CIP data (b. 9/1/60).
  2. Web site: World Who's Who:Europa biographical reference . Michael Saward. Routledge. 8 July 2014.
  3. Web site: Michael Saward. Department of Politics and International Studies, The University of Warwick. 8 July 2014.
  4. Web site: Michael Saward . Sydney Democracy Network . 8 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714184040/http://sydneydemocracynetwork.org/conversations-on-democracy/item/258-michael-saward?tmpl=component . 14 July 2014 . dmy-all .
  5. Ph.D. . Saward . Michael . 1989 . Co-option and legitimacy: the varieties and consequences of formal incorporation . . 19288153 .
  6. Michael Saward . 2006 . 'Doing Theory, Political Representation' Professor Michael Saward Inaugural Lecture . 'Doing Theory, Political Representation' Prof Michael Saward CCIG Keynote Lecture . Video . 8 July 2006 . Berrill Lecture Theatre, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK . Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) via Vimeo.